Grade replacement AFTER submission

[MAF3]

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Currently taking a summer class at a different university from where I did my undergraduate degree. I want to submit my app in june but i have heard that if i submit before i get the grade for my summer class, AACOMAS will NOT do grade replacement since it is at a different school... confirm or deny??

the plan is to put a 0 in the credit line for the first class and then put current for the second attempt at the class.

Heard many mixed things even from people answering the phones at AACOMAS. hoping that maybe someone recently got some verified information considering the app is opening really soon...

Retaking the two classes this summer will bring my cGPA from 2.98 to a 3.12 and bring my sGPA to a 3.05.

Here's my backstory if helpful... any advice is appreciated!!
During undergrad, I was probably not the wisest with my time management and maturity could have been better. I was also an athlete which took up a lot of time. That, on top of the school already being a tough and competitive (Ivy) kind of rocked my GPA (2.98 cGPA and sGPA just under that). Took the MCAT 2x, got a (7,10,10) 27 the first time and a (10,9,9) 28 the second time. After graduating, I did Drexel's IMS Masters program (special masters program but its all MEDICAL SCHOOL classes.... really tough if your trying to get a good GPA but if you do kill it, it looks great). After all is said and done, that masters GPA will hopefully be 3.25-3.35 after taking one more class next fall.
I have a LOT of clinical experience, research (published), and some volunteering and shadowing (DO and MD).

 

[GreyF0X]

There was a thread going on here called "Academic update." Academic update is around september, where you can update your coursework after your app has been submitted, I believe. However, the problem comes when you're trying to replace a class from an institution different from the original. So I believe its better to submit after taking the class, I was told on here that applying in Aug/Sept is still early/on-time.

 

[member212121]

...AACOMAS will NOT do grade replacement since it is at a different school... confirm or deny??

Confirm. I had such a hard time with this last cycle (I did retakes from UNE Online). Even during academic update, they refused to count the classes as retakes. I'm doing more retakes right now so I'm waiting to submit until after I get the grades. I'd recommend waiting to submit until everything is squared away and you don't have to argue with AACOMAS support staff.

 

[DrMikeP]

Others have posted about this on SDN. It's a nightmare trying to get replacement if from another school.

Right now your s/c gpa are very very weak even with the retakes.

What is your SMP s/c gpa not considering undergrad classes? If below a 3.0 you are in serious trouble!!

 

[MAF3]

Confirm. I had such a hard time with this last cycle (I did retakes from UNE Online). Even during academic update, they refused to count the classes as retakes. I'm doing more retakes right now so I'm waiting to submit until after I get the grades. I'd recommend waiting to submit until everything is squared away and you don't have to argue with AACOMAS support staff.

Im gonna call AACOMAS again tomorrow and ask this very specific question and see what they say. if they say they will be able to replace then ill take down the persons name and thats that. if not, i will probably have to wait till 2nd week of august to apply.

Others have posted about this on SDN. It's a nightmare trying to get replacement if from another school.

Right now your s/c gpa are very very weak even with the retakes.

What is your SMP s/c gpa not considering undergrad classes? If below a 3.0 you are in serious trouble!!

your right there seems to be a lot of people complaining about it... many people are hearing different things from AACOMAS.
My SMP GPA will be hopefully be 3.25-3.35 after I take the last class in the fall. but that will be sent to them as a an academic update.
I know my GPAs are low. hopefully the MCAT and the rest of my app, as well as obviously applying broadly gives me a chance tho.

 

[GreyF0X]

Confirm. I had such a hard time with this last cycle (I did retakes from UNE Online). Even during academic update, they refused to count the classes as retakes. I'm doing more retakes right now so I'm waiting to submit until after I get the grades. I'd recommend waiting to submit until everything is squared away and you don't have to argue with AACOMAS support staff.

Others have posted about this on SDN. It's a nightmare trying to get replacement if from another school.

Right now your s/c gpa are very very weak even with the retakes.

What is your SMP s/c gpa not considering undergrad classes? If below a 3.0 you are in serious trouble!!

This is coming off as a bit confusing, to me at least. To my knowledge, you can retake courses at other institutions as long as its the same course. Are you guys saying that the only way to replace a grade is to take at the same institution as the original? Are you guys talking about repeating courses in general or repeating courses after verification?

 

[DrMikeP]

This is coming off as a bit confusing, to me at least. To my knowledge, you can retake courses at other institutions as long as its the same course. Are you guys saying that the only way to replace a grade is to take at the same institution as the original? Are you guys talking about repeating courses in general or repeating courses after verification?

Talking about repeating same course after verification if you take at another school. For some reason it seems to cause a problem in the aacomas system for some. It is fine otherwise. Quite a few mentioned it happening previously.

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